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Trollveggen
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Trollveggen (the Troll Wall) is
the highest vertical mountain wall in Europa. From the point you are at now
there are 5500 foot to the top of the Troll Wall. Out of this 3000 feet are
vertical, together with a 150 feet overhang. |
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Trollryggen: The first ascent was made in 1958 by Arne Randers Heen from
Andalsnes and Ralph Hoibakk. This was the first time in Norway that climbers
had to spend the night on the mountain. Trollryggen is still Europe's
longest climbing-route. |
Before 1965 no one believed that it was possible for man to climb the
vertical face of the Troll Wall itself. In 1965 a Norwe-gian and an English
climbingteam proved otherwise. In 14 days they reached the top climbing
different routes (the Norwegians one day before the Englishmen).
Since then various routes have been climbed in theTroll Wall, the routes are
often given names after the first ascenders. A majority of the routes have
also been climbed in wintertime.
In 1980 a new sport appeared in the Troll Wall, when the Finnish Jorma Öster
made the first jump with a parachute off the Troll Wall. A lot of
parachuters came from all over the world after this event. In 1980 and 1981
approximately 150 parachuters jumped off from the Troll Wall. As the result
of several accidents and dangerous rescuemissions parachuting in Trollveggen
was prohibited by law in 1986. |
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